Teamwork makes the stream work. Roku is changing how the world watches TV Roku is the #1 TV streaming platform in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, and we've set our sights on powering every television in the world. Roku pioneered streaming to the TV. Our mission is to be the TV streaming platform that connects the entire TV ecosystem. We connect consumers to the content they love, enable content publishers to build and monetize large audiences, and provide advertisers unique capabilities to engage consumers. From your first day at Roku, you'll make a valuable - and valued - contribution. We're a fast-growing public company where no one is a bystander. We offer you the opportunity to delight millions of TV streamers around the world while gaining meaningful experience across a variety of disciplines. About the role Roku Advertising powers a multi-billion-dollar business and operates at the scale of one of the largest CTV ad platforms in the US. We're looking for a Technical Architect - Business Applications to own the end-to-end architecture of the enterprise systems that run this business, partnering closely with advertising business stakeholders, product management, and engineering teams across sales, order management, campaign operations, revenue, and finance. The Senior Software Engineer, Business Applications Architecture establishes a cohesive and scalable architecture across Roku Advertising’s business application ecosystem, simplifies cross-platform integrations, creates clear system and data ownership, and enables engineering teams to deliver business capabilities faster while maintaining security, reliability, scalability, and architectural consistency. This is not a whiteboard-only role. You will provide hands-on technical leadership across multiple engineering teams, review designs and implementation approaches, and stay accountable for turning architectural decisions into production-ready solutions that support a multi-billion-dollar revenue base. For Massachusetts Only - The estimated annual salary for this position is between $250,000 - $450,000 annually. Compensation packages are based on factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, certifications, and specific geographical location. This role is eligible for health insurance, equity awards, life insurance, disability benefits, parental leave, wellness benefits, and paid time off. What you'll be doing Own the end-to-end architecture across enterprise business applications and cross-functional business workflows. Define system boundaries, APIs, integration patterns, data ownership, and architectural standards across platforms. Partner with Product, Engineering, Sales, Operations, Finance, and other business teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions. Establish standards for APIs, event-driven integrations, data models, identity, security, observability, scalability, and platform reliability. Drive integration strategy across CRM, order management, campaign operations, revenue, finance, data, and other enterprise platforms. Simplify business processes and reduce point-to-point integrations through reusable services, platform capabilities, and clear domain ownership. Lead architecture for AI and agentic workflows, including enterprise data access, integrations, orchestration, approvals, guardrails, and human-in-the-loop processes. Evaluate build-versus-buy decisions and determine the appropriate placement of capabilities across enterprise platforms, custom-built applications, and third-party solutions. Provide hands-on technical leadership and architectural guidance across multiple engineering teams. Review solution designs, APIs, data models, and integration approaches to ensure consistency with the broader architecture. Define target-state architecture and incremental modernization roadmaps while supporting existing production systems. Identify architectural risks, technical debt, scalability constraints, and cross-system dependencies and drive plans to address them. Ensure solutions meet requirements for security, availability, performance, data integrity, compliance, and operational supportability. Partner with engineering teams through design and implementation to ensure architectural decisions translate into production-ready solutions. We're excited if you have Strong software engineering experience with demonstrated ability to operate at an enterprise or business applications architecture level. Experience designing and building enterprise business applications, distributed systems, and integration-heavy platforms. Strong understanding of CRM, enterprise applications, APIs, integrations, workflow platforms, security, and data modeling. Experience with business domains such as Order-to-Cash, sales, order management, campaign operations, revenue, billing, finance, or related enterprise workflows. Strong knowledge of REST APIs, event-driven architecture, microservices, integration patterns, cloud services, and distributed data architectures. Experience designing and delivering solutions on modern cloud platforms. Strong software engineering fundamentals with the ability to review and influence application design, APIs, data models, and implementation approaches. Ability to translate complex business processes and requirements into clear technical architecture and executable engineering solutions. Ability to work effectively across Product, Engineering, and business organizations and drive alignment across multiple teams. Strong technical judgment with the ability to balance immediate business needs with long-term platform scalability and maintainability. Experience with AI agents, LLM platforms, MCP, orchestration frameworks, or enterprise AI architecture is a plus. #LI-BD1What's Roku's approach to hybrid working? Roku fosters an inclusive and collaborative environment where teams generally work in the office Monday through Thursday. Fridays are generally flexible for remote work, except for employees whose specific roles or assigned office location require five days' a week attendance. What are some of the benefits? Roku is committed to offering a diverse range of benefits as part of our compensation package to support our employees and their families. Our comprehensive benefits include global access to mental health and financial wellness support and resources. Local benefits include statutory and voluntary benefits which may include healthcare (medical, dental, and vision), life, accident, disability, commuter, and retirement options (401(k)/pension). Employees are supported in taking time off, in accordance with local leave policies and other personal needs to support their evolving work and life needs. It's important to note that not every benefit is available in all locations or for every role. For details specific to your location, please consult with your recruiter. Accommodations Roku welcomes applicants of all backgrounds and provides reasonable accommodations and adjustments in accordance with applicable law. If you require reasonable accommodation at any point in the hiring process, please direct your inquiries to EmployeeRelations@Roku.com. What should I know about Roku's culture? Roku is a great place for people who want to work in a fast-paced environment where everyone is focused on the company's success rather than their own. We try to surround ourselves with people who are great at their jobs, who are easy to work with, and who keep their egos in check. We appreciate a sense of humor. We believe a fewer number of very talented folks can do more for less cost than a larger number of less talented teams. We're independent thinkers with big ideas who act boldly, move fast and accomplish extraordinary things through collaboration and trust. In short, at Roku you'll be part of a company that's changing how the world watches TV. We have a unique culture that we are proud of. We think of ourselves primarily as problem-solvers, which itself is a two-part idea. We come up with the solution, but the solution isn't real until it is built and delivered to the customer. That penchant for action gives us a pragmatic approach to innovation, one that has served us well since 2002. To learn more about Roku, our global footprint, and how we've grown, visit https://www.weareroku.com/factsheet. 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